Lambert, Daniel, the fat man,181
Letters, postage of,115
Louis XVIII., at Royston,181
McAdam and the North Road,154
Mail coach driver killed,186
Market ordinary, the,109
Melbourn, the Queen and Prince Albert at,188
Meldreth and its Stocks,86
Memorable year of scarcity,57
Mordens, the,24
Napoleon Buonaparte,5
—Shadow of,56
—Threatened invasion by,61
Nash, William,7,27
Newspapers, how obtained,77
Noon's Folly, and its prize-fights,136,139
Nuthamstead "Sparrow hill,"47
Odsey Races, the,22
Old Matt, the huntsman,131
Old music and musicians,128,129
Old Poor-law, the,32
Open corn markets,110
Packhorses,6,7
Parish Clerks,122
—Constable, and his accounts,46
—Herdsman, the,105
—Leaving without certificate,43
—Workhouse, how managed,39
Parliamentary Reform,29,156
—Rejoicings at Royston,157
Parochial Assessment,34
—Parliament, the,32
Pattens and Clogs,113
Paupers,40,41,42,44,46
Peachey, the Hon. Mrs.,68
Pedestrian feat by a woman,182
Phillips, John,181
Pickering, Miss,27
Pillion, the use of,7
Police, the new,174,175,176
Poor-law Reform,159
—Making up wages,161
—Memorable scene on Royston Heath,172,173
—Objection to Central Workhouse,170
Poor-law Pauper tyranny,166
—Riots and stack firing,167,168
Poor-rate of 22s. in the L at Royston,61
Posting and Posthorses,146
Press Gang, and terrors of,86,88
Prize-fighting,135,136
—Melbourn Champion,137,138
—Brighton Bill,138
—Ward and Crawley fighting for the Championship on Royston Heath,137
Public Worship,122
Puckeridge Statute Fair,98
Queen Victoria's Coronation, rejoicings at Royston,186
—Jubilee,70
—and Prince Albert at Royston,187,188
Radical Royston,126
Railway, first use of,176,177
Revolution, the French,2,3,4
Richardson, James,151
Royal Show, Cambridge, 1840,186
Royston, Badger-baiting at,23
—Book Club and Debates at,26,31,79
—Burloes Hill cut through,183,184
—Cave opened,36,37
—Coaching at,143-145,148
—Early Temperance work,127
—18th Century bye-laws in,25
—Fair tippling at,100
—King James' stables at,22
—Market,67,108
—Old Royston Club and its members at,19,20
—Pillory at,83
—Races,133
—Red Lion, social gatherings,21
—Stocks at,83
—Volunteers of,70
—Whipping post at,83
Rushden, A. Meetkerke of,122
Salisbury, Marchioness, burnt to death,184
Semaphore on Royston Heath,66
Sheep stealing, death sentences for,89
Shelford fires, death sentence for,168
Shepreth, skilful woman of,101
Shield, Capt., the Rev. Thomas,68,71
Small-pox, a recommendation,44
Snelgar, Rev. J.,186
Snowstorms, memorable,181,182,185
Soame, Sir Peter,131,132,136
Stocks, a Lord Chief Justice in,85
"Tally-ho" and "Safety" Coaches,146,148
Taxes on marriages, &c.,78
Therfield, searching for mail,49
Threshing machines, breaking of,166
Thurnall, Henry, and the highwayman,90
—Commended by Poor-law Commissioners,171
Thurnall, H. J., picture by,18
Thurtle and Hunt, trial of,49
Tinder Box, the,73,74
Tithes collected in kind,124
Turpin, Dick, traditions of,13,14
Velocipede, the,152
Volunteers, associations of,67
Wadesmill Turnpike,155
Wagon and sign post, the,184,185
Walton, Joe, coachdriver,148,149
Warren, J.,68,157
Window tax,79
Witches,101
Wheat, 28s. a bushel,60
"Wheatbarn tasker," the,166
Woodcock, Elizabeth, buried alive in the snow,181
Wortham, Lady,77
Wortham, Squire,131
Wrestling matches,24